Coronavirus: Singapore confirms 12 new cases, taking total number of infections to 150
- Elsewhere in Asia, Vietnam confirms new cases tied to London-Hanoi flight, shattering the sense that the country had contained the spread of the virus
- Bangladesh confirms first three infections, Malaysia identifies six more cases, taking total number of infections to 99, while Indonesia’s total rises to six
Nine of the new cases are linked to a private dinner at a function centre near Jurong Central Park on February 15. There now 30 cases linked to this cluster.
Of the three other new cases, one is linked to a previous case, one is imported and one is currently unlinked, the Ministry of Health said.
“Further epidemiological investigations and contact tracing have uncovered links between previously announced and new cases,” the ministry said.
Officials have also identified links between two previous clusters at churches: seven locally transmitted cases at the Life Church and Missions Singapore and 23 confirmed cases at the Grace Assembly of God.
Meanwhile, Vietnam’s number of coronavirus cases jumped to 29 on Sunday from 20 a day earlier, the Ministry of Health said.